Talmud Bavli
Talmud Bavli

Reference for Bava Batra 239:1

אפשר בת מאה ושלשים שנה וקרא לה בת דאמר ר' חמא בר חנינא זו יוכבד שהורתה בדרך ונולדה בין החומות דכתיב (במדבר כו, נט) אשר ילדה אותה ללוי במצרים

how could she be called 'daughter'<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' And not 'woman'. ');"><sup>1</sup></span> when she was a hundred and thirty years old; for R. Hama b. Hanina said:<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' V. infra 123b. ');"><sup>2</sup></span> It was Jochebed who was conceived on the way<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Which Jacob and his family made from Canaan to Egypt. Gen. XLVI, Iff. ');"><sup>3</sup></span> and born between the walls [of Egypt] for so it is written, Who was born<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' This is superfluous since the fact that Jochebed was Levi's daughter is already stated before in the same verse. ');"><sup>4</sup></span>

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